Holy Cross Nurses To Vote On Union

FORT LAUDERDALE — About 600 registered nurses at Holy Cross Hospital will get to vote on July 8 whether or not to join a union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Thursday.

Pro-union nurses have been organizing since March with the Service Employees International Union. That union won an election in January among nurses at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach.

Both hospitals are part of the Catholic Health East chain, which is not running strong campaigns against the union. The union also is organizing the four hospitals and two dozen clinics of the North Broward Hospital District.

A state hearing officer on Thursday approved letting about 4,700 employees to vote at an election later this year.